DANTE PHILOLOGY

Elisabetta TONELLO DANTE PHILOLOGY

TU22100003
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN PHILOLOGY
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2025
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
Objectives
IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED PHILOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE. THIS OBJECTIVE IS PURSUED THROUGH THE READING AND COMMENTARY OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TEXTS BY DANTE AND CRITICAL LITERATURE, AS WELL AS THE DISCUSSION OF ISSUES RELATED TO THEIR TRANSMISSION.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE
- IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRADITION AND EDITIONS OF THE DIVINE COMEDY;
- KNOWLEDGE OF THE STEMMATIC METHOD APPLIED TO THE DIVINE COMEDY BY CRITICAL EDITORS

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- EVALUATE TEXTUAL SOLUTIONS PROPOSED BY PUBLISHERS;
- READ MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTS OF THE COMEDY;
- COMMENT PHILOLOGICALLY ON PASSAGES FROM THE COMEDY.

INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- DEVELOP AND/OR APPLY ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INTUITIONS IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANCING THE STATE OF RESEARCH IN THE RELEVANT FIELDS;
- ACT PROFESSIONALLY IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS OF PHILOLOGICAL AND LITERARY STUDIES

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
- READ AND INTERPRET TEXTS, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE DISCUSSION OF ASPECTS OF A STRICTLY PHILOLOGICAL NATURE.

LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE
- METHODOLOGICAL SKILLS FOR LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY ANALYSIS OF TEXTS.
Prerequisites
BASIC PHILOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
Contents
THE COURSE WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE TEXT'S TRADITION OF THE DIVINE COMEDY AND THE HISTORY OF ITS CRITICAL EDITIONS. A CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF A SELECTION OF CANTOS FROM THE DIVINE COMEDY WILL BE PROPOSED IN ORDER TO DEEPEN ECDOTIC AND CRITICAL-EXEGETICAL SKILLS.
Teaching Methods
LECTURE; MANUSCRIPT TEXT READING WORKSHOP AND COMPILATION OF CRITICAL APPARATUS.
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM (READING EXERCISE AND COMMENTARY ON A PASSAGE FROM THE TEXTS STUDIED).
Texts
DANTE ALIGHIERI, COMMEDIA. SUGGESTED EDITIONS: A.M. CHIAVACCI LEONARDI (BOLOGNA, ZANICHELLI); E. PASQUINI-A.E. QUAGLIO (MILANO, GARZANTI); U. BOSCO- G. REGGIO (FIRENZE, LE MONNIER); N. SAPEGNO (FIRENZE, LA NUOVA ITALIA); G. INGLESE (ROMA, CAROCCI); S. BELLOMO (TORINO, EINAUDI, INFERNO AND PURGATORIO, WITH S. CARRAI); L. FERRETTI CUOMO (PADOVA, LIBRERIAUNIVERSITARIA, INFERNO).

M. GRIMALDI, FILOLOGIA DANTESCA, ROMA, CAROCCI
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